Terminal

A terminal for connecting an electrical conductor, the terminal comprising:

• a housing;
• a current bar arranged in the housing;
• a clamping spring arranged in the housing for clamping the conductor to be connected against the current bar in a conductor connection space formed between the current bar and the clamping spring;
• and
• an actuation element, which is displaceably mounted in the housing in a purely linear or a purely translational manner, wherein a clamping leg of the clamping spring is configured to be actuated by the actuation element in order to transfer the clamping leg from a clamping position into an open position,
• wherein the clamping leg has at least one skid, which with at least one pressure face formed on the actuation element, interacts during the transfer of the clamping leg from the clamping position into the open position in such a way that the clamping leg slides along the at least one pressure face with the at least one skid,
• wherein the clamping leg has a second skid and the actuation element has a second pressure face, and
• wherein, when the clamping leg is transferred from the clamping position into the open position, the second skid and the second pressure face interact in such a way that the clamping leg with the second skid slides along the second pressure face.